Chun export-led chaebol authoritarianism combining extractive political repression with technocratic price stabilisation and continued heavy- industry export promotion. Economic school: developmentalist export- led growth, sharper orthodox-macroeconomic discipline than Park's HCI drive after 1979-1980 stagflation. Dated actions: seized power via 12-12 coup Dec 1979 and 5-17 martial-law extension May 1980; Gwangju Uprising 18-27 May 1980 suppressed with >200 killed; Fair Trade Law Dec 1980 (first Korean competition statute) and Fair Trade Commission established 1981; EPB-led price freeze + wage guidelines 1981-1982 cutting CPI from ~29% (1980) to ~3% (1983); chaebol- rationalisation restructuring of Heavy-Chemical sectors 1980-1981; Rangoon bombing 9 Oct 1983 by North Korea killed Kim Jae-ik and 16 others; capital-market and banking partial privatisation 1981-1983 (commercial banks denationalised). Hosted 1986 Asian Games, prepared 1988 Seoul Olympics as external-legitimacy project. Constitutional transition forced by June Democracy Movement 1987 (June 29 declaration) — direct election law Oct 1987, passing power to Roh Tae-woo's peaceful handover Feb 1988. Left-right: hard-right authoritarian, market-oriented on macro discipline. Popularity: no meaningful democratic signal — Chun 'elected' by electoral college 99.4% Aug 1980 and 90.2% Feb 1981 under Fifth Republic constitution; June 1987 mass protests forced democratisation. Coherence: high on economic content (stabilisation + chaebol-export growth ~8-10% 1982-1987), zero on political legitimacy.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes
Independence of the judiciary from executive and legislative encroachment. Specifically captures court-packing, selective prosecution, judicial reshuffles.
decreased · moderate
weaker judicial independence
Chun-appointed constitutional court and purge courts.